The council has not upheld a complaint from Christopher O'Neill about an article in the Herald, published on January 19, reporting on a High Court judgment prohibiting Mr O'Neill from issuing or continuing proceedings in the Human Rights Review Tribunal without leave of the court.
The council has
read the High Court judgment, dated 20 December 2007. The report did not go behind or beyond the terms of a final judgment of the High Court and get both sides.
Newspapers are not required to balance an adverse court ruling by affording the unsuccessful party an opportunity to comment.
The article is a fair, accurate and balanced summary of the court's decision and the reasoning therein. The complaint is not upheld.
